By
controlling the media and academy, the Left has controlled the terms of
acceptable discourse. It is no longer permitted to question same sex marriage,
for instance, whereas 20 years ago there was a bipartisan consensus behind the
Defense of Marriage Act. Trump’s great, and essential contribution to this
leftist hegemony:
Then along came Donald Trump. On key issues, he didn’t just move the
Overton Window, he smashed it, scattered the shards, and rolled over them with
a steamroller. On issues like immigration, national security, and even the
manner of political debate itself, there’s no window left. Registration of
Muslims? On the table. Bans on Muslims entering the country? On the table. Mass
deportation? On the table. Walling off our southern border at Mexico’s expense?
On the table. The current GOP front-runner is advocating policies that
represent the mirror-image extremism to the Left’s race and identity-soaked
politics.
